Dallas, TX – (July 31,2013) Hyun-Sang Kwon star of K-dramas,The King 2 Hearts and Queen of Ambition, will join director Jae Soh at the US premiere of LET ME OUT. Hyun-Sang is a versatile actor who works in both TV dramas (The Fugitive of Joseon, Queen of Ambition, The King 2 Hearts, The Princess’ Man) and movies (Fists of Legend, The Tower, Don’t Cry Mommy, and Hanji, directed by his father.) Recently, Kwon was voted the DramaFever Awards 2012 Best Villain for his portrayal of a vampire bad guy in Vampire Prosecutor. In LET ME OUT, Hyun Sang plays a frustrated film school senior who tries to direct his opus, a zombie melodrama. LET ME OUT is his first lead role in a motion picture.

The film will be the first Korean independent film to be released back to back theatrically in both Korea and the U.S. LET ME OUT will be distributed through Baekdu Daegan Film Company on August 15, 2013 in approximately 15 theaters in including Art House Momo (Baekdu’s Art House theaters), CGV Movie Collage (the Art House division of CJ Entertainment), and Artplus Cinema Network in various cities throughout Korea, including Seoul.

LET ME OUT also features K-pop star, Hee-Von Park from SM Entertainment’s girl band, Milk and star of Grand Prix, Read My Lips and TV dramas Family and God’s Quiz Season 3.

The red carpet premiere will take place at the Downtown Independent Theater in Los Angeles, CA on Friday, August 16, 2013 at 8:00pm followed by the screening at 9:00pm. It will be a night of entertainment for fans of Korean cinema including an opportunity to walk the carpet, movie presentation, and a Q & A with the film’s lead actor Hyun-Sang Kwon and director, Jae Soh, both visiting from Korea.

SYNOPSIS:
This zombie melodrama is Mu-Young’s film school opus. An eternal senior, he knows everything about cinema but nothing about actual filmmaking. Critical of everyone else, he heckles the famous indie director Ik-June Yang at a campus screening and somehow receives film funding. His dream of working with his love-interest Ah-Young becomes a nightmare. Everything that can go wrong does. Barely surviving a disastrous shoot, Mu-Young learns making a movie is like love, you can’t do it alone. LET ME OUT is a tribute to guerrilla, indie, amateur, low-budget cineastes struggling to create. It is hope.

A Baekdu-Daegan Film Company release of a Seoul Institute of the Arts production. Produced by Min Soh, and Irene Cho. Executive producer, Jae Soh. Directed and written by Chang-Lae Kim, Jae Soh. Starring : Hyun-Sang Kwon, Hee-Von Park, Geun-Sup Han, Yumouhyung, Jessica Choi and Myung-se Lee. LET ME OUT is produced by Seoul Institute of the Arts.

Giant Ape is also currently hosting a contest with an opportunity to attend a dinner with the actor and director plus VIP tickets to the premiere. Click this link.

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It’s AnimeHits time again on Xbox Video! From July 30th until August 5th pick up the following seasons at 30% off their normal season pass, both in the U.S. and Canada. We’ve loaded you up with tons of hits like:

How to Join: All you have to do to join is be online and come to the Gym! We will start gathering in the Gym map just before 5pm PST on July 31st. If you do not know how to get to the Gym, there will be Game Masters online to teleport you to the gym. The Game Masters will be announcing instructions and rules just before the event begins.

How it Works: You will be challenged to eliminate Rojas and his sorcerers. You must be careful, they attack back! Or you can relax and watch the action from the sidelines.

Rewards: Rojas the Sorcerer Mobs will be dropping treasure chest. Last hits on the real Justin Rojas will win either a FUNimation Panda pet or a random FUNimation DvD (DvD’s can only be awarded to winners in the USA).

Rojas Q&A Stream Day 2: On August 1, 2013 at 5pm PST, Rojas will have a live stream of himself which you can watch directly from in-game at Event Annie (located in your school campus). In this stream you will be able to access a chat box where Rojas will be answering questions from players!

How to Join: All you have to do to join is be online and come to the Gym! We will start gathering in the Gym map just before 5pm PST on July 31st. If you do not know how to get to the Gym, there will be Game Masters online to teleport you to the gym. The Game Masters will be announcing instructions and rules just before the event begins.

How it Works: You will be challenged to eliminate Rojas and his sorcerers. You must be careful, they attack back! Or you can relax and watch the action from the sidelines.

Rewards: Rojas the Sorcerer Mobs will be dropping treasure chest. Last hits on the real Justin Rojas will win either a FUNimation Panda pet or a random FUNimation DvD (DvD’s can only be awarded to winners in the USA).

Rojas Q&A Stream Day 2: On August 1, 2013 at 5pm PST, Rojas will have a live stream of himself which you can watch directly from in-game at Event Annie (located in your school campus). In this stream you will be able to access a chat box where Rojas will be answering questions from players!

Flower Mound, TX (July 29, 2011) – FUNimation® Entertainment today announced that it has acquired the home entertainment, broadcast, digital and merchandise rights to the follow-up movie to the romantic comedy series “Heaven’s Lost Property” and “Heaven’s Lost Property: Forte” from Kadokawa.

The animated film HEAVEN’S LOST PROPERTY THE MOVIE: THE ANGELOID OF CLOCKWORK (known is Japan as Gekijoban Sora no Otoshimino: Tokei-jikake no Enjeroido) premiered earlier this summer in Japanese theaters and is directed by Tetsuya Yanagisawa.

The film focuses on the Hiyori arc of the manga and tells new stories about our hero Tomoki Sakurai and a new girl named Hiyori Kazane. However, there is also a new danger from Ikaros’ hometown that is threatening Tomoki’s world.

COMPLETE OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS SWEEPSTAKES. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
I. ELIGIBILITY
Entrants must be legal residents of one of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, and Canada (excluding Quebec) and 18 years of age at the date of entry. The Promotion begins at 12:01 a.m. Central Time (“CT”) on July 30, 2013 and ends at 11:59 p.m. CT on September 14, 2013 (the “Promotion Period”). Entrants that have submitted an entry online may not also submit a written mail-in entry and vice versa. Employees of the Sponsor, and families of such employees, are not eligible. Entrants that have already won three contests on FUNimation.com in the course of one year since their first win are not eligible unless otherwise stated. This contest does not count towards the 3-win limitation. Void where prohibited.
II. SPONSOR
FUNimation Productions, LTD., 1200 Lakeside Pkwy., Flower Mound, TX 75028;
III. HOW TO ENTER
Go to http://www.funimation.com/adam-s/blog/big-summer-contests-kicking-off-this-week/7805516 and follow the instructions or submit a written entry with your name, age, email address, and mailing address to FUNimation Entertainment, c/o Feedback Manager, 1200 Lakeside Pkwy., Flower Mound, TX 75028. Deadline for entries is 11:59 PM ET on Friday, September 14th, 2013
All potential winners are subject to verification before any prize will be awarded. Multiple entrants are not permitted to share the same email address. Any attempt by any entrant to enter more than once per day of the contest by sending in more than one entry form or by using multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods will void that entrant’s plays and that entrant may be disqualified. Use of any automated system to participate or entries generated by robots or scripts is prohibited and will result in immediate disqualification.
Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible or misdirected entries, which will be disqualified. In the event of a dispute as to any entry, the authorized account holder of the email address used to enter will be deemed to be the entrant. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, Internet service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address. All entries will be deemed to have been made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address. Each potential winner may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder.
All entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned. By providing your e-mail address, you grant Sponsor the right to send you commercial messages. Information collected from entrants is subject to the Privacy Policy onhttp://www.funimation.com/privacy-policy.
IV. DRAWING AND NOTIFICATION
WINNER SELECTION VERIFICATION: Winners will be chosen at random by FUNimation Entertainment staff and announced within 72 hours after each contest ends from among all eligible entries received by Sponsor, whose decisions are final and binding on all matters relating to the Promotion. Odds of winning the prize depend upon the number of eligible entries received. Potential winners will be notified by email, Google, Twitter, or Facebook. If the potential winner cannot be reached within 2 calendar days from the first notification attempt, or in the event of noncompliance within the above stated time period, with these Official Rules, or if prize notification is returned as undeliverable, prize will be forfeited and, at Sponsor’s sole discretion, an alternate winner may be selected.
V. PRIZE
Number of prizes: 11
Max value of contest prize: $75 USD
Value of grand prize: $650 USD
Number of winners: 11 (1 per prize)
All other expenses not specifically identified as included in the Prize are the sole responsibility of the Prize Winner. All costs, taxes, fees, and expenses associated with any element of the Prize not specifically addressed above are the sole responsibility of the Prize Winner. All federal, state, and local taxes on prizes are the Prize Winner’s responsibility. The specifics of all aforementioned elements of the Prize in the Sweepstakes shall be solely determined by Main Sponsor. Main Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value if the Prize cannot be awarded as described for any reason. Some restrictions may apply. The Prize cannot be transferred, substituted, or redeemed for cash except at Main Sponsor’s sole discretion. The Prize will be awarded.
VI. General Conditions
Sponsor reserves the right to cancel or modify the Promotion if fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond Sponsor’s reasonable control impairs the integrity of the Promotion, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. In such event, Sponsor reserves the right to award the prize at random from among the eligible entries received up to the time of the impairment. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Promotion or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules, or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately damage any web site or undermine the legitimate operation of the Promotion is a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek remedies and damages, including attorney’s fees, from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law, including criminal prosecution. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
VII. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
This Promotion is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws. By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, which shall be final and waive any right to claim ambiguity in the Promotion or these Official Rules. The Sponsor is not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrants, printing errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with Sponsor or Promotion; (2) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (3) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process; (4) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Promotion or the processing of entries; or (5) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Promotion or use of any prize.
Further, winners and entrants also agree to release, discharge, indemnify and hold harmless the Sponsor and its respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents from and against any claims, damages or liability due to any injuries, damages or losses to any person (including personal injury or death) or property of any kind resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of the prizes or participation in any Promotion-related activity or participation in this Promotion, or any claims based on rights of publicity, rights of privacy and/or merchandise delivery.

For Facebook entries:
By entering and participating, entrant agrees to hold harmless, defend and indemnify Facebook from and against any and all claims, demands, liability, damages or causes of action (however named or described), losses, costs or expenses, with respect to or arising out of or related to (i) entrant’s participation in the Contest, or (ii) entrant’s participation in any Prize related activities, acceptance of a Prize and/or use or misuse of a Prize (including, without limitation, any property loss, damage, personal injury or death caused to any person(s). This contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by or associated with, Facebook.

VIII. Rules/Winner’s List:
72 hours after each contest ends, you may obtain the names of the Winners by consulting the Website, FUNimation’s Facebook, and FUNimation’s Twitter. Results of the drawing may be removed from the Website, but not before January 14, 2014.

Starting today, you can own the Namek and Captain Ginyu Sagas digitally. Dragon Ball Z Season 2 is now available on XBox Live/Zune and in the Playstation Store. The first episode of season two is currently available for free download on both systems.

Click image at left to go to the Playstation Media Go website. Or, download directly from the PSN store on your console.

Click image at left to go to the Zune online store. Or, download directly from the XBox Live store on y our console.

Go to the official Dragon Ball Z website for more information about the series atwww.dragonballz.com

Our live action label, Giant Ape Media, will be distributing the Korean film LET ME OUT. We will be presenting the film at a red carpet premiere in L.A. at the Downtown Independent Theater on August 16th, and we’re inviting you to join us!

We’re giving away a pair of tickets to 5 lucky winners! You’ll get a chance to walk the red carpet at the premiere and attend the screening. There are 3 ways to enter. You can…

Tweet us @GiantApeMedia using the hashtag #LetMeOutTix (Remember that you will need to follow @GiantApeMedia so that we can direct message you if you win)

Reply in the comments of this blog post how much you want to attend the premiere

5 random winners will be selected from all eligible entries to win a pair of tickets to the premiere. Transportation to the event is not included in the prize. Click here for complete rules.

Here’s a synopsis of the film and a trailer!

This zombie melodrama is Mu-Young’s film school opus. An eternal senior, he knows everything about cinema but nothing about actual filmmaking. Critical of everyone else, he heckles the famous indie director Ik-June Yang at a campus screening and somehow receives film funding. His dream of working with his love-interest, Ah-Young, becomes a nightmare. Everything that can go wrong does. Barely surviving a disastrous shoot, Mu-Young learns making a movie is like love, you can’t do it alone. LET ME OUT is a tribute to guerrilla, indie, amateur, low-budget cineastes struggling to create. It is hope.

A Baekdu-Daegan Film Company release of a Seoul Institute of the Arts production. Produced by Jae Soh, Min Soh, and Irene Cho. Executive producer, Jae Soh. Directed and written by Chang-Lae Kim, Jae Soh. Starring : Hyun-Sang Kwon, Hee-Von Park, Geun-Sup Han, Yumouhyung, Jessica Choi and Myung-se Lee. LET ME OUT is produced by Seoul Institute of the Arts .

When we found out that YouTube was going to host a Geek Week to celebrate all things geeky and nerdy, we were excited. When we found out that one of the days was going to be spotlighting anime, we were like “we got this.”

From August 4th – 10th, YouTube will be shining the spotlight on 100 popular channels to bring the internet the first ever YouTube Geek Week! Each day of the week will be hosted by different YouTube powerhouses to help enlighten the viewing public about the theme of the day. See the schedule below:

Of course, FUNimation will be spotlighting content from some of our most popular anime titles, but we’ve got other videos planned for you as well from our live action label, Giant Ape Media, and from our web series, The FUNimation Show. And, because we have some of the most dedicated and AWESOME fans around, you better believe that we’ll be spotlighting you guys as well!

COMPLETE OFFICIAL RULES NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS SWEEPSTAKES. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

I. ELIGIBILITY “Win A Pair of Tickets to the Let Me Out L.A. Red Carpet Premiere” (“Contest”) is open to legal residents of the United States and Canada (excluding Puerto Rico and Quebec). All entrants must be at least 18 years of age at the date of entry. The Contest begins at 12:01 a.m. Central Time (“CT”) on July 25, 2013 and ends at 23:59 p.m. CT on August 4, 2013 (the “Contest Period”). Employees of the Sponsor, and families of such employees, are not eligible. Void where prohibited.

III. HOW TO ENTER People wanting to participate must either Tweet @GiantApeMedia using the hashtag #LetMeOutTix, reply in the comments of the contest blog post, or emailcontests@funimation.com and answer “What’s your favorite Korean movie?” Only one entry per person will be accepted. Or, simply write your name, mailing address, email address, and answer to the contest question and mail it to: FUNimation Entertainment, c/o Feedback Manager, 1200 Lakeside Pkwy., Flower Mound, TX 75028. All potential winners are subject to verification before any prize will be awarded. Multiple entrants are not permitted to share the same email address. Any attempt by any entrant to enter more than once by mailing more than one entry form or using multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods will void that entrant’s plays and that entrant may be disqualified. Use of any automated system to participate or entries generated by robots or scripts is prohibited and will result in immediate disqualification. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible or misdirected entries, which will be disqualified. In the event of a dispute as to any entry, the authorized account holder of the email address used to enter will be deemed to be the entrant. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, Internet service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address. All entries will be deemed to have been made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address. Each potential winner may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder. All entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned. By providing your e-mail address, you grant Sponsor the right to send you commercial messages. Information collected from entrants is subject to the Privacy Policy onhttp://www.funimation.com/privacy-policy.

IV. DRAWING AND NOTIFICATION WINNER SELECTION VERIFICATION: 5 random winners will be selected to win a pair of tickets to attend the L.A. Red Carpet Premiere of LET ME OUT in L.A. Winner must provide their own travel to the event, as travel is not included in the prize. The entry must adhere to all rules of this contest. In the event that the selected winning entry does not comply with the contest rules, another winning entry will be selected at random. The winner will be selected and notified on August 3, 2013 via email. In the event that a selected winner is a resident of Canada, he/she will be required to answer an anime related trivia question without the use of outside aid. Sponsor’s decisions are final and binding on all matters relating to the Contest. Odds of winning the prize depend upon the number of eligible entries received. If the potential winner cannot be reached within 2 calendar days from the first notification attempt, or in the event of noncompliance within the above stated time period, with these Official Rules, or if prize notification is returned as undeliverable, prize will be forfeited and, at Sponsor’s sole discretion, an alternate winner may be selected.

V. PRIZE (Five winners will receive one (1) pair of tickets each to the LET ME OUT screening. Prize value of $24.): All other expenses not specifically identified as included in the Prize are the sole responsibility of the Prize Winner. All costs, taxes, fees, and expenses associated with any element of the Prize not specifically addressed above are the sole responsibility of the Prize Winner. All federal, state, and local taxes on prizes are the Prize Winner’s responsibility. The specifics of all aforementioned elements of the Prize in the Sweepstakes shall be solely determined by Main Sponsor. Main Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value if the Prize cannot be awarded as described for any reason. Some restrictions may apply. The Prize cannot be transferred, substituted, or redeemed for cash except at Main Sponsor’s sole discretion. The Prize will be awarded. All other expenses not specifically identified as included in the Prize are the sole responsibility of the Prize Winner. All costs, taxes, fees, and expenses associated with any element of the Prize not specifically addressed above are the sole responsibility of the Prize Winner. All federal, state, and local taxes on prizes are the Prize Winner’s responsibility. The specifics of all aforementioned elements of the Prize in the Contest shall be solely determined by Main Sponsor. Main Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value if the Prize cannot be awarded as described for any reason. Some restrictions may apply. The Prize cannot be transferred, substituted, or redeemed for cash except at Main Sponsor’s sole discretion. The Prize will be awarded.

VI. GENERAL CONDITIONS Sponsor reserves the right to cancel or modify the Promotion if fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond Sponsor’s reasonable control impairs the integrity of the Contest, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. In such event, Sponsor reserves the right to award the prize at random from among the eligible entries received up to the time of the impairment. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules, or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately damage any web site or undermine the legitimate operation of the Promotion is a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek remedies and damages, including attorney’s fees, from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law, including criminal prosecution. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.

VII. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY This Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws. By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, which shall be final and waive any right to claim ambiguity in the Contest or these Official Rules. The Sponsor is not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrants, printing errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with Sponsor or Contest; (2) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (3) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process; (4) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest or the processing of entries; or (5) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Contest or receipt or use of any prize. Further, winners and entrants also agree to release, discharge, indemnify and hold harmless the Sponsor and its respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents from and against any claims, damages or liability due to any injuries, damages or losses to any person (including personal injury or death) or property of any kind resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of the prizes or participation in any Contest-related activity or participation in this Contest, or any claims based on rights of publicity, rights of privacy and/or merchandise delivery.

VIII. Rules/Winner’s List: After August 3, 2013 you may obtain the names of the Winner by consulting the Website. Results of the drawing will be removed from the Website on or about March 1, 2014.

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